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After years of planning and advocacy, the Hays County Public Defender’s Office (PDO) opened its doors in March 2023 and began taking cases. PDOs are law offices that provide indigent defense, or legal defenses for defendants in criminal cases who can not afford an attorney. The contract for a PDO in Hays County was awarded...
The whirlwind campaign is over and it's time to find out the results. The Henderson County Elections Office starts tallying the votes Tuesday night at 7 p.m., after polls close
At its May 3 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court submitted a grant application for $1,085,325 to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, Improvement Grant Program for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program, generating the request for a Public Defenderâs Office. A renewal grant application was also authorized for submission to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the Indigent Defense Coordinator grant project in the amount of $77,292, for which the county will provide a cash match of up to 60%. The Commissioners Court proclaimed Ma...
Monday, May 3, 2021 The Hays County Commissioners will vote on the long-awaited resolution directing the grant application for holistic public defense to be submitted. If approved, the application would be submitted to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) for the Hays County Holistic Public Defense Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program in the amount of $1,085,325. This grant is intended to fund the first year of the proposed Holistic Public Defender Office and Managed Assigned Counsel Program. From the grant application, the program calls for, “Sound hiring and state-of-the-...
Brownwood News – It was 1976. He had just graduated from law school, and gotten married. He needed a job, but he wanted more than a job. He wanted a home, a place to settle and raise a family. He didn’t know where that might be. Then he got a phone call from Brownwood. Forty-four years later, Steve Ellis is still in Brownwood, and retiring at the end of this month from his job as District Judge of the Texas 35th Judicial District. He finished on top. Ellis’ path to Brownwood was circuitous and unpredictable. His parents were both natives of Central Texas, but were living i...